Habitat to build house in memory of Amanda Ross

Habitat for Humanity will break ground for a home in memory of Amanda Ross, who was fatally shot last year, on Oct. 10, Ross's birthday, in Lexington.

Former classmates of Ross at Sayre School and other friends have been raising money for the project for several months, and recently someone came forward with a large contribution to fund the remaining amount needed, said Dale Emmons, a spokesman for the Ross family.

Amanda Ross was shot to death in September outside her Lexington home. Her ex-fiancée, former state legislator Steve Nunn, is charged in her death.

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Former state lawmaker Steve Nunn will appeal a Fayette County judge's refusal to throw out his guilty plea and life sentence in the shooting death of onetime fiancée Amanda Ross, one of his attorney's said Monday.

Circuit Judge Pamela Goodwine rejected Nunn's requests to withdraw his guilty plea in a ruling she filed with the court earlier Monday.